The Osceola times., 1887-07-16

OK the 9th the American Institute Of
Instruction opened At Burlington, VI
THR proposed new German loan has
been subscribed for sevea times over oy
Berlin capitalists
THs United States Consul at Palermo
has telegraphei the Department OF Stats
that two deaths occurred there on the 7th,
believed TO have been caused by cholera
woaNs are destroying the cranberry
vines in the vicinity OF Berlin, Wis II Is
feared the vines will be permanently In
jurcd. oae grower who expected TO hsr-
vest Is o0 bushels wall not get any
RKroRTs have been received that a ter.
rible famine prevails at skskefjord, leo
land. and that many peasants and thou
sands OF cattle have died from want OF
food. The distress among the people is
increas
TwELve large Havana (Cuba) firms
have gene into bankruptcy, inc uding Casa
lbanez Sandoyal The failures have
cause a panic.
GBkAr excitement prevails at Evans
vile. Ind. over the recent defalcation and
4 hit Of County Treasurer Miller. This
has been enhanced by the flight Of Prose
cutting Attorney Vance, who has been de-
tected In bribing jurors. Some OF the
jurors will probably follow him.
OS the S h the National Council Of Edu-
Gators was in session at Chicago.
Or the sth the freedom of the city OF
Edinburgh was conferred upon Andrew
Carnegie.
Mr.. PowDERLY is out in letter de-
nouncing grain and stock brokers.
JuDaE NooSAS, ofSt Louis, has knocked
out the Sunday closing law, and here
after beer and wine may be sold, but the
police will continu, the crusade against
spirits.
THE annual convention Of the Union Of
American Hebrew Congregations will be
held IN Pitts burgh, Pa, commencing Tues
day, the l2th inst.
on the Sth the National Rubber Works
at Bristol r. l., or account OF tho large
amount OF manufactured goods on hand,
suspended work for an indefinite period.
Twelve hundred operative are thus
thrown out Of work.
Tue fire record for June shows the
largest loss OF any June on record, ex-
cepting June, 1877, the month Of the great
fire at ST. John, New Brunswick. The
total Is SO 49,, 100, against 50 75o,0 900 for
June 1885, and larger than the average Of
June tires for the ten years previous TO
1885 by nearly "a, ,0o0,0O
RECENT reports from Washington that
Eastern Colorado was suffering from
drought and that homesteaders were
compelled to leavs In search Of food are
said to be without foundation. That sec
tion OF country has lately had two, and
sometimes three, heavy showers each
week, and crops AMI stocks are doing
well.
DUNNO the seven days ended the SIN,
the business failures number for the
United States, 1886; for Canada, Is. Total,
1874 against ISL last week and 10 for the
corresponding week of last week.
TnE Missouri State Board of Agri-
culture makes the following crop report
for June: Winter wheat, average condi.
tion, 05 S; spring wheat, o.; oats, 9s.3;
corn, l0a q; Irish potatoes, "a s; tobacco,
Sis cotton, "; timothy, s35: apples,
8LS; peaches, "a; grapes, 81: spring pigs,
number compared with 1856 IS; sweet
potatoes, acreage compared with 1855,
9s3; area in grass aud Clover, l0L09
The splendid corn prospects, in Nebraska
are seriously threatened In several sec
tons OF the State by chinch bugs. Wheat
and oats were greatly damaged.
The signs seem 10 point to the speedy
disruption of tho dog-in-the manger poll
cy of Russian toward Bulgaria, and the
chances are that the Muscovite will have
10 haul in his horns or fighi.
THE receiver Of the Wabash railway
has decided to ignore section four OF the
Interstate Commercs act, and to take his
chances with the comm ssion.
In the League base ball championship
series the De,roits still head tho list, and
Chirago has attained second place. The
st. Louis Browns continue 10 ornament
the head Of the Association column,
MUCu discontent ex SIS among the New
York KHights OF Labor over the new
constitit tion OF the order
The cotton reports from Egypt show
that the plant is generally strong and in
good condition. Water has been abun.
dant except in Behera. In Lower Egypt
worms infest the plant
LTuE Collie Club of America gives its
first annual sheen trials at Washington,
Pa, September Il AMI 10 Entries close
August 3D.
OS the afternoon Of the 10th slight
earthquake tremors were felt at different
points in Lower South Carolina
TnK Chinese denizsns of Mott s,I Get,
New York, are becoming alarmed by the
increased mortality among Their race.
The recent death Of a Chnaman was the
ninth that had occurred within a fort
night. Nearly all OF them have been
caused by quick consumption.